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But<00:13:17.539><c> look</c><00:13:17.679><c> at</c><00:13:17.860><c> verse</c><00:13:18.639><c> 163.</c>

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Verse<00:13:30.779><c> 165.</c>

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Verse<00:13:39.200><c> 167.</c>

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extortioners,<00:15:44.000><c> unjust,</c><00:15:44.820><c> adulterers,</c><00:15:46.019><c> even</c><00:15:46.340><c> as</c><00:15:46.559><c> this</c><00:15:46.759><c> publican.</c>

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in<00:17:34.400><c> prayer,</c><00:17:35.240><c> always,</c><00:17:35.900><c> in</c><00:17:36.140><c> everything,</c>

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anyone<00:17:59.660><c> else</c><00:18:00.279><c> but</c><00:18:01.019><c> the</c><00:18:01.259><c> King.</c>

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are<00:18:25.259><c> they</c><00:18:25.539><c> satisfied</c><00:18:26.380><c> with</c><00:18:26.920><c> their</c><00:18:27.160><c> prayer</c><00:18:27.400><c> life?</c>

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I<00:18:33.339><c> feel</c><00:18:33.759><c> really</c><00:18:34.000><c> confident</c><00:18:34.500><c> that</c><00:18:34.700><c> they</c><00:18:34.859><c> would</c><00:18:35.039><c> say</c><00:18:35.259><c> no.</c>

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I<00:18:39.059><c> think</c><00:18:39.240><c> that</c><00:18:39.480><c> they</c><00:18:39.660><c> would</c><00:18:39.900><c> say,</c><00:18:40.359><c> as</c><00:18:40.519><c> I</c><00:18:40.740><c> would</c><00:18:40.940><c> say,</c><00:18:41.680><c> it</c><00:18:41.819><c> needs</c><00:18:42.220><c> improvement.</c>

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priority<00:18:49.940><c> list.</c>

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let<00:19:09.660><c> us</c><00:19:10.119><c> therefore</c><00:19:11.000><c> come</c><00:19:12.259><c> boldly</c><00:19:13.720><c> unto</c><00:19:14.319><c> the</c><00:19:14.660><c> throne</c><00:19:15.160><c> of</c><00:19:15.720><c> grace,</c>

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that<00:19:17.660><c> we</c><00:19:17.819><c> may</c><00:19:18.019><c> obtain</c><00:19:18.420><c> mercy,</c><00:19:20.220><c> find</c><00:19:20.319><c> grace,</c><00:19:21.660><c> to</c><00:19:21.819><c> help</c><00:19:22.259><c> in</c><00:19:22.859><c> time</c>

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That<00:19:26.019><c> word</c><00:19:26.240><c> boldly</c><00:19:26.819><c> means</c><00:19:27.119><c> confidently.</c>

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We<00:19:50.539><c> have</c><00:19:50.759><c> a</c><00:19:51.019><c> loving</c><00:19:51.279><c> and</c><00:19:51.599><c> merciful</c><00:19:51.980><c> High</c><00:19:52.319><c> Priest.</c>

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we<00:20:18.880><c> have</c><00:20:19.400><c> in</c><00:20:19.920><c> prayer.</c>

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the<00:20:30.619><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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and<00:20:50.779><c> I</c><00:20:50.940><c> had</c><00:20:51.039><c> such</c><00:20:51.259><c> a</c><00:20:51.460><c> wonderful</c><00:20:51.759><c> conversation</c><00:20:52.460><c> with</c><00:20:52.660><c> him.</c>

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And<00:20:55.279><c> in</c><00:20:55.440><c> that</c><00:20:55.579><c> conversation,</c><00:20:56.660><c> he</c><00:20:56.980><c> told</c><00:20:57.279><c> me</c><00:20:57.480><c> of</c><00:20:57.619><c> his</c><00:20:57.940><c> journey</c>

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in<00:20:58.539><c> the</c><00:20:58.759><c> truth.</c>

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or<00:21:15.160><c> saw</c><00:21:15.420><c> it</c><00:21:15.579><c> online,</c>

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He'd<00:21:36.759><c> be</c><00:21:36.900><c> doing</c><00:21:37.220><c> something.</c>

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I<00:21:55.839><c> also</c><00:21:56.220><c> think</c><00:21:56.579><c> of</c><00:21:56.779><c> our</c><00:21:56.960><c> brother</c><00:21:57.180><c> Jack</c><00:21:57.480><c> Rundle.</c>

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and<00:22:20.880><c> how</c><00:22:21.220><c> instrumental</c><00:22:21.819><c> he</c><00:22:22.059><c> was</c><00:22:22.380><c> in</c><00:22:22.579><c> his</c><00:22:22.859><c> service</c><00:22:23.359><c> to</c><00:22:23.599><c> the</c><00:22:23.779><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:24.240><c> over</c><00:22:25.380><c> so</c>

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Tychicus,

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Onesimus,

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Aristarchus,

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Marcus,

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Justus,

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Epiphras,

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Luke,

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Demas,

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Archippus,

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Nemphas.

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finds<00:31:55.079><c> such</c><00:31:55.640><c> pleasure</c>

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gift

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doing<00:32:57.279><c> with</c><00:32:58.319><c> it?</c>

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Are<00:33:05.500><c> we</c><00:33:06.339><c> redeeming</c><00:33:06.900><c> it?</c>